Fiat Chrysler knew about hacking risk for 18 months

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Update: Fiat Chrysler spokesperson Eric Mayne has provided Bloomberg the following response: "Prior to last month, the precise means of the demonstrated manipulation was not known."

Original story follows...

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles could be forced to answer to US authorities after it was reported by Bloomberg that the company had known for 18 months that vehicles equipped with the Uconnect entertainment system were vulnerable to hacking.

Despite learning of the system's vulnerability back in January 2014, the company chose not to inform the US' National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) at the time as it felt there was no safety concern.